xxvi, 692 pages, 26 unnumbered pages of plates : 20 cm

Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2013

Part 1. Invasion Island. 1. England 793-878; 2. Sea rovers 878-901; 3. The key 901-1066; Cross channel 1066-1221 -- Part 2. Wine and wool. 5. Merchant warriors 1221-1335; 6. Keeping the seas 1336-1399; 7. Defence of the realm 1399-1509 -- Part 3. Atlantic. 8. Home waters 1509-1530; 9. Brave new worlds 1530-1556; 10. English guns 1556-1568; 11. revolution 1568-1585 -- Part 4. Armada. 12. The great enterprise 1585-1588; 13. Battle 1588; 14. Crisis July-August 1588; 15. Aftermath 1588-1603 -- Part 5. 16. Fallen colossus 1603-1628; 17. Sovereign of the seas 1629-1642 -- Part 6. Forged in the fire. 18. New model navy 1642-1652; 19. Line of battle 1652-1653; 20. Duty 1653-1660 -- Part 7. Sons of the sea. 21. Club Med; 22. Battlefleet; 23. Tangerines; 24. Mad proceedings 1677-1694 -- Part 8. Rule Britannia. 25. Joint ops 1694-1713; 26. Heavens command 1713-1744; 27. Fall and rise 1744-1748

Part 9. Killer instinct. 28. Battle ready 1748-1757; 29. Counterattack 1757-1759; 30. Quiberon Bay 1759-1771 -- Part 10. The art of the admiral. 31. The science of war 17772-1779; 32. Tactics 1779-1782; 33. Breaking the line 1782-1792; 34. The old guard 1793-1794 -- Part 11. Bands of brothers. 35. Eggs and baco 1794-1795; 36. A school for young officers 1795-1797; 37. The test 1797-1798; The Nile 30 June-2 August 1798; 39. War and peace 1798-1803; 40. The chase 1803-1805; 41. The battle 21 October 1805 -- Part 12. Power. 42. Persuasion 1805-1842; 43 Making the weather 1842-1860; 44. Arms race 1860-1899; 45. The brink 1899-1914 -- Part 13. Gotterdammerung. 46. The reckoning 1914-1916; 47. Jutland 31 May-1 June 1916; 48. To end all wars 1916-1922; 49. Lean days 1922-1939 -- Part 14. Last stand. 50. The Ark 1939-1940; 51. Inferno 1940-1941; 52. Armageddon 1942; 53. The Western approaches 1942-943; 54. Methodical elimination 1943-1944 -- Part 15. Decline. 55 East of Suez 1945-1982; 56. Conclusion: set in the Silver Sea 1982-2013

Includes bibliographical references (p. 654-667) and index

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